[EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT]

A long weekend is always an excuse to party, and next week’s Lost Lagoon 10/10 Weekend Getaway is no exception. Perpetual Motion is holding a three-day bender near Wulai with 16 bands, 10 DJs and an amazing venue. The site has three pools, a poolside bar that will be open 24 hours, hot springs, private hot tubs, public restrooms and showers, and free camping. There will be events scheduled, such as tequila volleyball, but the main attraction is the music. Bands include Coach (教父), Public Radio, Pan Africana, 88 Balaz (88顆芭樂籽), The Deadly Vibes and the Money Shot Horns, with DJs including Marcus Aurelius, Fratzuki, JR and Megan, Antihero, the Taimaica Sound Crew and Hooker.

Food and drink will be available around the clock, and in an original and much-welcomed ode to hydration, in addition to all the pools and hot springs, there will be free drinking water. The camping area and dancing areas are covered, so 10/10 is going to go on rain or shine. Also, after the 24-hour music fiasco that culminated with daybreak techno at this year’s Peacefest, the Lost Lagoon’s entertainment schedule is a sane and reasonable midnight to 4am. Partygoers will be able to rest up and sleep in between bouts of dancing, swimming and socializing.

There will be a pre-party for 10/10 at COPA, 2, Ln 137, Yanji St, Taipei City (台北市延吉街137巷2號) tomorrow at 11pm with Marcus Aurelius and other DJs.

▲The Lost Lagoon 10/10 Weekend Getaway, 100 Xinfu Rd (信福路100號), near Wulai (烏來). Free shuttle buses run from the Wulai (烏來) bus stop, the last stop on the Xindian (新店) bus line, to the site every 25 to 30 minutes. Look for the white, gray and black sign that reads Perpetual Motion. Buses run on Oct. 10 from 7pm to midnight, on Oct. 11 from noon to 10:30pm and on Oct. 11 from noon to 5pm. For more information, go to taipeimotion.com

▲From 9pm Oct. 10 to 6pm Oct. 12. Music scheduled from midnight to 4am on Friday and Saturday, and from noon to 4pm on Sunday

Taiwan’s expulsion from the UN in 1971 serves as the background for Ping-Fong Acting Troupe’s (屏風表演班) latest work Stand by Me (六義幫). Written and directed by Hugh Lee (李國修), the story follows six youths who use an air-raid shelter as a meeting place to discuss their roles in history.

▲Tonight, tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm

▲Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing

Shang Orientheatre (上默劇團) continues its tradition of adapting the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism to the stage with its latest work Bardo Todel (我從遙遠來了解死亡是深入生命的開始). The troupe uses scriptures from the Tibetan Book of the Dead as a means of gaining a deeper understanding of death so that we can live our lives better.